the reluctant scrapper

Sunday, November 20, 2011

I was looking through some of my posts and thought I have shared this already. The layout was done using Fancy Pants' It's the Little Things Collection (you can see the other layout I made using this collection HERE). I made it a loooong time ago before my self-exile LOL!!!

"You don't find happiness, you make it, you choose it. It's the little things that brings you the most meaning to your life..."

Just some close-ups:

Life is good, indeed.

Live, laugh...

Thanks for looking.

janis

P.S. Was able to finally scrap yesterday... will tell you about that in another post. ;o)

Friday, November 18, 2011

Make sure you stop by Bella Blvd's blog HERE to grab your free digitable printables!!!Just an idea of what you can do with the printables (you can make a 5x7 mini-album out of these!!!)What are you waiting for? Head there now!!! :o)

Monday, November 14, 2011

Yup, it's me. It's been awhile since my last entry. How are you all? ;o)

Thank you for all the comments that you have left for me - - I have read them and I truly appreciate them. I am so sorry if I haven't responded to any of your mails (I haven't had the courage to sort through my inbox!!!), I have no excuse except I thought I had to keep to myself.

I am okay, I am holding up and I do miss being creative. A lot has happened since I buried myself in my rabbit hole, but this is one piece of realization that I am most excited and happy about: I will definitely go back to my crazy-scrapbooker self (slowly but surely!!!).

Now that I have the courage to write this entry, I suddenly felt scared: do I still know how to scrapbook? I don't know, I'll find out within the week as I want to do something with my Bella Blvd stuff. I haven't touched any of my papers since my last layout (featured in the post below); my camera got neglected; I haven't updated my facebook account; haven't accessed my yahoo account (my inbox has more than 4,000 unread emails!!!). In five months, my family has grown bigger (we got an additional mini-schnauzer and a German Shepherd - - we have 4 dogs now!!!), my kids have grown super fast (wait 'til you see them!!!), I myself have grown and aged a bit (haha!!!!).

Another question: what will I scrapbook? Let's see - - my dilemma before was that my topics/subjects were too personal for my own good (well, that's the reluctant me speaking) - - I thought I was sharing too much and I just couldn't blur or hide my captions/journaling as I felt that would compromise my art (and I couldn't reconcile that with me being on several DTs). I am still struggling with that right now, but I have come to terms that I need an outlet to get over my relapse. The experience to get out of the dark and face everyone is daunting and humbling...

I guess, I just have to focus on happier things... like breathing... like writing on this blog... like being back...

Thursday, July 7, 2011

... I have gone rather a long time, even from my own blog. I can't offer any explanations except I am having a relapse. I can't relate to the bold and bright colors that I used to scrap with, everything is in black. I am suddenly dark.

This is the last layout that I have done last month. This is created with Scrap That!'s June Kit.I'm sorry, I hope I can get back to you all in due time... for now, I can't say much. I am not really a practitioner, but I do believe in prayers. I ask you send them my way.

I haven't received my kit - - aptly called "Afternoon Tea" which features Websters' Pages Ladies and Gents Collection - - so I decided to play with some leftovers of my past Scrap That! kits.

It's been a while since I altered something so I made this for the blog hop:

It's an altered chocolate box which I now keep in my office cubicle - - well, to amuse myself LOL. I was saving these flowers for something altered, I knew I would use them on this box (got the box December last year LOL!!!).

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So excited already - - I visited yesterday so we could sort the kit, I promise it's gonna be one colorful class!!! Have to prepare my prizes too, I'm going to raffling extra Bo Bunny yumminess!!!!

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About Me

I’m Janis, a scrapbooker from the Philippines. I am married to a very supportive husband JE and a mother to Nat (5yo) and Phil (3yo). I started scrapbooking April 2008 and have happily never looked back since. Among friends, I’m Ms. Bold and Bright for a play on colors always stands out on my pages. I am so blessed to be on the design teams of several manufacturers, to be published on both printed and online magazines, to have gained friends from all over the world, to have found so much happiness in this hobby now turned way of life.